From comical Alley to Bowling Alley. Kirstie Alley, the American comedienne, is to turn her life as an overweight actress into a reality television show. Alley, 53, who made her name in the long-running 1980s American sitcom Cheers, has faced extensive criticism in a notoriously image-conscious industry for her ballooning figure. The 5ft 8in actress has put on seven stone in two decades and now weighs just under 16 stone, causing the American press to dub her "the hefty heifer". Offers of television and film work have dried up. Now, however, she is out to prove that fat is not...